Small tweaks

.aliases

@@ -230,13 +230,15 @@ if [[ "${platform,,}" == *'ming'* ]]; then
     _checksum() {
         local algo="$1"
         local file="$2"
-        certutil -hashfile $file $algo
+        certutil -hashfile "$file" $algo
     }
     alias checksum='certutil -hashfile'
-    alias checksum-md5='_checksum MD5'
-    alias checksum-sha1='_checksum SHA1'
-    alias checksum-sha256='_checksum SHA256'
-    alias checksum-sha512='_checksum SHA512'
+
+    # I use delegating to certutil via _checksum() but these programs are faster.
+    alias checksum-md5='md5sum.exe'
+    alias checksum-sha1='sha1sum.exe'
+    alias checksum-sha256='sha256sum.exe'
+    alias checksum-sha512='sha512sum.exe'
 fi
 
 check_signature() {
@@ -1285,11 +1287,13 @@ alias tv='echo can just do a cv with a time range...' #trim-video-vbr'
 
 function compress_and_normalize_volume() {
     local final_name="$1"
+    shift 1
+    local opts="$@"
     if [[ $final_name == "" ]]; then
-        error "Provide a final file name"
+        error "Provide a final file name and optional args for compress-video"
         return
     fi
-    compress-video f.mp4 ff ; normalize-volume ff.mp4 "$final_name"
+    compress-video f.mp4 ff $opts ; normalize-volume ff.mp4 "$final_name"
 }
 
 alias cvn='compress_and_normalize_volume'

dotfiles/bin/aws-check-restore-status

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Shows you the status of an object restore job.
 #
-# e.g. aws-see-restore-status my-deep-glacier-bucket object/path.png
+# e.g. aws-check-restore-status my-deep-glacier-bucket object/path.png
 #
 # You know it's ready when ongoing-request is false and there's a date. If that field is null then the file isn't being restored.
 #
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ bucket="$1"
 path="$2"
 
 if [[ $bucket == "" || $path == "" ]]; then
-    error "Usage: aws-see-restore-status <bucket-name> <path-in-bucket>"
+    error "Usage: aws-check-restore-status <bucket-name> <path-in-bucket>"
     exit 1
 fi
 

dotfiles/bin/aws-restore-deep-glacier-folder

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #
 # (obviously change the bucket and path to suit your needs).
 #
-# Or use the aws-see-restore-status script.
+# Or use the aws-check-restore-status script.
 # You know it's ready when ongoing-request is false and there's a date. If that
 # field is null then the file isn't being restored.
 #
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 printf "(Note: the time it takes to restore an object can be found in the AWS docs - just look for the $restore_tier restore tier, which is what you used.\\\nOnce restored, download the files from the S3 site or better yet use RCloneBrowser.\\\n"
-printf "You can check the status of a file using the aws-see-restore-status script)\\\n"
+printf "You can check the status of a file using the aws-check-restore-status script)\\\n"
 
 exec 3>&-
 

dotfiles/bin/compress-video

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+# Bigger crf values == bigger compression.
+
 if which tput >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     ncolors=$(tput colors)
 fi
@@ -24,9 +26,12 @@ else
 fi
 
 use_gpu=1
+# Found the following to work best with vids containing text (e.g. programming vids). These give similar bitrates.
+cpu_crf=20
+gpu_crf=33
 
 if [[ $# < 2 || $# > 5 ]]; then
-    printf "${BOLD}${RED}Usage: compress-video <filename> <output name> <optional: use-gpu (1|0), defaults to $use_gpu> <optional: start time HH:MM:SS> <optional: end time HH:MM:SS> ${NORMAL}\n"
+    printf "${BOLD}${RED}Usage: compress-video <filename> <output name> <optional: use-gpu (1|0), defaults to $use_gpu> <optional: start time HH:MM:SS> <optional: end time HH:MM:SS> (NOTE: gpu crf is $gpu_crf and cpu crf is $cpu_crf - change it by calling compress-video-with-crf)${NORMAL}\n"
     exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -37,10 +42,9 @@ if [[ $# > 2 ]]; then
     use_gpu=$3
 fi
 
-# Found the following to work best with vids containing text (e.g. programming vid): 21 for CPU encoding and 28 for GPU (similar bitrates).
-use_crf=21
+use_crf=$cpu_crf
 if [[ $use_gpu -eq 1 ]]; then
-    use_crf=33
+    use_crf=$gpu_crf
 fi
 
 compress-video-with-crf $use_crf "$filename" "$output_name" $use_gpu $4 $5

dotfiles/bin/compress-video-with-crf

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+# Bigger crf values == bigger compression.
+
 if which tput >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     ncolors=$(tput colors)
 fi

dotfiles/bin/join-video

@@ -31,17 +31,17 @@ output="$2"
 target_crf="$3"
 max_bitrate_mb="$4"
 
-default_crf="20"
+default_crf="33" # if you want to compress then use the same gpu compression level from compress-video (i.e. 33, but verify it's still set to this)
 default_max_bitrate="6"
 
 if [[ $filename == "" || $output == "" ]]; then
-    printf "${BOLD}${RED}Usage: create a text file that lists the input video paths on separate lines using the format: file '/path/to/video'. Then call:\n\njoin-video <list filename> <output name> <optional: crf (quality, w/ lower = more compression) - defaults to $default_crf, use 0 for no value> <optional: max bitrate in MB - defaults to ${default_max_bitrate}M><${NORMAL}\n"
+    printf "${BOLD}${RED}Usage: create a text file that lists the input video paths on separate lines using the format: file '/path/to/video'. Then call:\n\njoin-video <list filename> <output name> <optional: crf (quality, value = compression level) - defaults to $default_crf, use 0 for no value> <optional: max bitrate in MB - defaults to ${default_max_bitrate}M>${NORMAL}\n"
     exit 1
 fi
 
 extension="${output##*.}"
 if [[ $extension == $output ]]; then
-    printf "${BOLD}${RED}output arg should have an extension!\n\nUsage: join-video <list filename> <output name> <optional: crf (quality, w/ lower = more compression) - defaults to $default_crf, use 0 for no value> <optional: max bitrate in MB - defaults to ${default_max_bitrate}M><${NORMAL}\n"
+    printf "${BOLD}${RED}output arg should have an extension!\n\nUsage: join-video <list filename> <output name> <optional: crf (quality, value = compression level) - defaults to $default_crf, use 0 for no value> <optional: max bitrate in MB - defaults to ${default_max_bitrate}M>${NORMAL}\n"
     exit 1
 fi
 

dotfiles/bin/trim-video-target-rate

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 # Re-encodes the video using a constrained bitrate/output size. If you want to
-# To target the visual quality with a variable bitrate, use trim-video-vbr
+# control the visual quality with a variable bitrate then use trim-video-vbr
 
 if which tput >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     ncolors=$(tput colors)

dotfiles/bin/trim-video-vbr

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # To have a mostly fixed bitrate with no variable quality, use trim-video-target-rate
 # Just note that it'll result in larger files for a similar max bitrate target and the
 # quality won't really be noticeably better.
+#
+# The higher the CRF value, the higher the compression.
 
 if which tput >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     ncolors=$(tput colors)
@@ -35,11 +37,11 @@ end_time="$4"
 target_crf="$5"
 max_bitrate_mb="$6"
 
-default_crf="20"
+default_crf="33" # if you want to compress then use the same gpu compression level from compress-video (i.e. 33, but verify it's still set to this)
 default_max_bitrate="6"
 
 if [[ $filename == "" || $output_name == "" || $start_time == "" ]]; then
-    printf "${BOLD}${RED}Usage: trim-video <filename> <output name> <start time HH:MM:SS> <optional: end time HH:MM:SS, use empty string or 0 for no value> <optional: crf (quality, w/ lower = more compression) - defaults to $default_crf, use 0 for no value> <optional: max bitrate in MB - defaults to ${default_max_bitrate}M>${NORMAL}\n"
+    printf "${BOLD}${RED}Usage: trim-video-vbr <filename> <output name> <start time HH:MM:SS> <optional: end time HH:MM:SS, use empty string or 0 for no value> <optional: crf (quality, value = compression level) - defaults to $default_crf, use 0 for no value> <optional: max bitrate in MB - defaults to ${default_max_bitrate}M>${NORMAL}\n"
     exit 1
 fi